DON'T BECOME A VISITOR OF SCAMS
1. SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WHEN SIGNING PHONES
The phone is an essential means for interns, new international students to be able to contact home, look up information, etc. Therefore, most people when they first come to Japan want to quickly register. get yourself a cell phone.
But each phone number in Japan is associated with official information, so the registration procedure is quite complicated and requires more personal information than in Vietnam. Therefore, when they are still poor at Japanese, people tend to ask people to accompany them and give them their personal information to ask for a quick phone registration.
However, in fact, there have been many cases where the recipient has used this information to register another phone or tablet to benefit themselves. The result is that many of you do not know that you are registering multiple devices until you see the network send a series of invoices demanding payment of charges up to tens of man.
So to avoid this situation, you need to note:
➺ Only ask people you know and trust to go with them: for example, a sibling in charge or a teacher at a language school. Don't ask new people because you don't know who they are.
➺ Do not give your documents to others to register for you, just ask someone to accompany you to interpret and explain and you are the one who fills out the information in the registration form to avoid taking advantage of personal information.
➺ Select phone stores that support Vietnamese. For example, Au's phone shops now have quite a few places with Vietnamese staff.
➺ Carefully check the content of the contract and the services you subscribe to. If you do not fully understand, you should ask the staff or accompanying person to explain clearly because many times the staff will automatically integrate the services (with a fee, but the first month is free) when you sign up for the first month, you need have to manually remove that service in the following months.
➺ Regularly check your monthly phone costs and contact your carrier as soon as you notice anything unusual.
There are also services that pretend to unlock network-locked devices to get money and your personal information. Please note that if you owe money to your network operator, violate your network contract, your name will be marked on the "black list" of carriers, you will not be able to sign a contract with any other network. . Or if you use a credit card provided by AU, you will still be on the "black list" of the interbank, later can not apply for a credit card at any other bank.
2. CHOOSE PRESTIGE PLACE TO BUY AIR TICKETS
After the phone, the plane ticket is also an area where many scammers are rampant, especially in an era where you can easily order everything, including plane tickets via Facebook like today.
The most common scam is to launch promotional tickets with super cheap prices, but require urgent payment, to hit the mentality of wanting to "hunt cheap tickets". During the transaction process, these Facebook accounts will respond to you with great enthusiasm, giving you a sense of trust.. However, only after you transfer the funds and send them an invoice. , you will be blocked and there is no way to contact them again. Or more sophisticated, there is a case where the first ticket is issued, the ticket is issued as usual, but the second time... the new object reveals a fraudulent face that makes you unable to return in time.
In particular, not only Facebook selling individual tickets, Facebook pages with hundreds of thousands of likes and similar names to Vietnam Airlines (Example: VNA Booking, ..) are also scam sites.
Therefore, when booking tickets, you need to pay special attention to choosing reputable places to buy. The most reliable and safest is to order through the homepage of airlines: Vietnam Airlines, ANA, …However, to order through these sites you need a credit card or a debit card to order. can pay online. This is probably the barrier that makes many people afraid to buy genuine tickets. However, applying for a credit/debit card is actually not as complicated as you might think.
The aggregator sites that support flight booking - hotel booking in Japan (Rakuten Travel, Skygate, ..) are also an option you should refer to. These sites often aggregate tickets of many different airlines, in addition, there are promotions, accumulating points ... so it also helps you save a part of the cost. In addition, payment via bank transfer is also supported. However, because these pages are all in Japanese, if you are not confident, you can choose the translation software to translate the entire page to learn more, or ask sempai for help.
If you choose to buy tickets via Facebook, make sure the place you buy it is a reputable place before transferring to them: for example, the ticket sales page of Vietnamese companies, or if you are an individual, you should ask first on groups. the community or the sempai around to see if anyone has bought there, …
3. CAUTION WHEN BUYING THROUGH FACEBOOK
Buying goods online or communicating online is very convenient thanks to its quickness and good bargains (for example, iPhones are extremely cheap compared to carriers, ..). Therefore, many new interns often risk buying on classifieds groups such as: Tokyo Baito Classifieds, .. However, these transactions are extremely risky because you have no information. What guarantees about the seller as well as the origin of the items.
There have been many cases where the money has been transferred but the goods have not been received or the goods received are different from the ones ordered, for example, ordered an Iphone but received a bottle of shampoo in return. The smartest way to buy is to look at the goods in person and then pay for them and buy from companies that are highly appreciated by buyers.
4. MAXIMUM RESPONSIBILITIES
The interns who come here all have the need to send money home to pay off loans before going to work in Japan, but the bank fees are too high, the exchange rate is not good, thereby arising. offering a "triple money transfer" service. Third-party money transfer is a form in which you will give money (transfer) to an intermediary in Japan and the relatives of the intermediary in Vietnam will give money / transfer Vietnamese money to your family, or vice versa.
The advantage of this form is that it is fast, neat, good exchange rate, etc., but the potential is high because you can transfer money without receiving any money in Vietnam, etc. In addition, if the transfer party If there is an additional fee, it is also considered illegal, and you will also suddenly become a link in that criminal chain.
Currently, there are many international money transfer services of reputable companies, with Vietnamese language support, service fees from only 1000 yen per 10 man, and extremely fast such as: D-com, SBI ...so please take advantage to ensure your own safety.
CONCLUDE: You have a lot of ways to access different sources of information, all of your life experiences in Japan are written in Vietnamese by your predecessors, so you can completely read the word at home before you go. decide what to do. Japanese companies now also have a lot of Vietnamese working or non-profit organizations to ensure the interests of foreigners, so if you have any questions, you can rest assured to talk in English. Vietnamese.
Always remember to research carefully before doing so not to turn yourself into a victim of scams!
